LiamNeeson

I would like to talk about something which annoyed me during my trip to the Wolves game, I am from Ireland and I only go to games on a rare occasion, that was actually the first game in 6 years not counting the Legends game last year. I was recording some footage of the game on my phone, around 3 minute of footage so that I could stick it on my youtube page to look back on and people behind were complaining saying how the game would be on TV tonight anyway, the funny thing about that is that I couldn't even see Match of the day anyway, they actually sounded angry at the situation. I can understand to an extent why people would get annoyed at a concert when someone is holding a camera up blocking the view but not in that situation, I bet the same people who moan about it are the same people who would go on holiday to Paris and take photos of the Eiffel tower even though there are thousands of photos of it online. I decided that I will never spend money on going to an English soccer game again if there are hidden rules like this that I have to abide by just to keep the locals happy, I think it comes down to some people resenting that Chelsea are a club that attracts tourists nowadays rather than what it was like in the 70s and 80s. I would urge any foreigner to bring a big DSLR to the games, that will surely bring some of the angry Cockney people to breaking point.

Remember Jennings played in the 70s, I don't think he would have enjoyed playing at Stamford Bridge, he probably enjoyed Arsenal and Tottenham because they had a large Irish-Londoner following, 1st and 2nd gen Irish Catholics.

You can't disagree with my point that wearing one is still commemorating men who terrorized Irish communities between 1919-1922, wearing a poppy still technically commemorates WW1 soldiers who were Black and Tans a few years later. They fought alongside Irishmen in WW1 then went and abused the families of the Irish WW1 dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tans

It does, the money still goes to the Royal British Legion. Regarding WW1 soldiers, I have relatives who were in WW1 too but I wouldn't wear one, many of the Black and Tans who were in Ireland in the 1920s also fought in WW1, these are men who are legendary in Ireland for their viciousness.

This relates to most English football clubs. I find it a disgrace the way James McClean is treated by the crowds, booing him at every touch or even throwing stuff at him, I agree with the poppy stance but I think he goes a bit far with how he behaves in the national anthem. It reminds me of the England Spain game in 2005. These clubs are always going on about how they are against all forms of abuse but this is completely ignored. I try to imagine a reverse scenario, lets say Irish Gaelic Football teams wore an Easter lily to commemorate the republican dead, imagine if an English player in the London team (they do exist) refused to wear one I doubt many Irish fans would care, we would hardly expect an Englishman to wear one given that there have been bombs in London in the past. Wearing a poppy does show support for the British Army in all decades, it may officially represent the World Wars but in general society it represents the British Army in the 1970s and 80s too.